(1) the following communication be received;

(2) the Ontario Realty Corporation be advised that the City of Toronto has no interest in acquiring the property and assuming the responsibility of maintaining existing burial sites; and

(3) the Ontario Realty Corporation be requested to ensure that the entire site is used for cemetery purposes only:

The Etobicoke Community Council submits the following communication (January 15, 1998) from Mr. Brian Hallas, of the Ontario Realty Corporation:

Re: Former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Cemetery, North-East Corner of Horner Avenue and Evans Avenue.

The Ministry of Health utilized a 2.958 acre plot of land fronting Evans Avenue as a cemetery between 1892 to 1974 for unclaimed bodies of patients from Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital and transients killed on highways. It is estimated there are 1500 burials on the site leaving roughly half the grounds unoccupied.

Management Board has been approached by a cemetery operator who has proposed to purchase the property assuming the obligation to maintain the existing burial sites and offer the undeveloped plots for sale.

The operation and maintenance of a cemetery is not considered to be a core business of Management Board. Consequently, as this is public property we are proposing to run an advertised Proposal Call in the Toronto Star and Etobicoke Guardian to determine if there are any faith groups or organizations interested in utilizing the Aavailable or undeveloped@ portion of this site as a cemetery.

In the course of preparing the Request for Proposals we found no evidence of correspondence between the former Ministry of Government Services or Management Board Secretariat offering this property to Etobicoke as surplus property. This cemetery may be locally known as Potter=s Field. Enclosed is an article from the Toronto Sun dated May 7, 1987, which gives some additional background information about the property.

We doubt that Etobicoke would wish to purchase this property and assume the responsibility to maintain the existing burial sites. With this assumption we are proposing to place notices in the press

in the last week of January to explore what public interest there may be in the continued operation of this property as a cemetery.

Should Etobicoke have an interest in acquiring this property we would appreciate an indication of interest before February 20, 1998.

(A copy of the background material referred to in the foregoing communication was given to the Members of the Etobicoke Community Council on January 21, 1998, and a copy thereof is on file in the office of the City Clerk.)